Lactuca virosa
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Lactuca virosa is a plant in the Lactuca genus, often ingested for its mild analgesic and sedative effects. It is related to common lettuce, and is often called wild lettuce, bitter lettuce, laitue vi
Lactuca virosa Köhler–s Medizinal Pflanzen 213
Lactuca virosa
Lactuca serriola
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Lactuca serriola, also called prickly lettuce, milk thistle, compass plant, and scarole, is an annual or biennial plant in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae. It has a slightly fetid od
Lactuca virosa
…vireuse, opium lettuce, poisonous lettuce, tall lettuce, great lettuce or rakutu-karyumu-so. Lactuca virosa is biennial, similar to prickly lettuce Lactuca serriola but taller – it can grow to 200 cm (80 inches or almost 7 feet). It is also stouter, the stem and leaves are more purple flushed, and the leaves are…
Lactucaserriola 2web
The long auricles at the base of the leaf might appear clasping.
Close-up of Lactuca serriola leaf showing fine spines
A cluster of nine L. serriola, growing to a height of 5.5 ft (1.7 m)